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cotton grass

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cotton grass
n.
Any of various perennial grasslike plants of the genus Eriophorum native chiefly to wet places in northern temperate and cold regions and bearing at maturity one or more conspicuous tufts of cottony bristles.

cotton grass
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various N temperate and arctic grasslike bog plants of the cyperaceous genus Eriophorum, whose clusters of long silky hairs resemble cotton tufts Also called bog cotton
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Noun1.cotton grass - any sedge of the genus Eriophorumcotton grass - any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
common cotton grass, Eriophorum angustifolium - having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
Translations
cotton grass n (Bot) → erioforo


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We found a short valley between rugged tors which led to an open, grassy space flecked over with the white cotton grass.
 
 
 
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